Category: Music
It Takes Taste to Enter The Avant-Garden
Just a year after releasing her debut, Intro To, the Moroccan-born, Queens-raised Dounia brings us The Avant-Garden, a similarly chilled out, ideal for getting high [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Goes Country–a.k.a. Maintains Her Normal Sound–For Two New Songs Performed at The Ally Coalition Talent Show
Dolly Parton has nothing to worry about in the wake of Lana Del Rey’s performance of two more new tracks written with Jack Antonoff, performed [Read More…]
The Blonde/Brunette Divide As Manifested by Jessica Simpson & Natalie Portman
While Jessica Simpson hasn’t been that adroit at “grabbing headlines” since the height of her early 00s popularity when Nick and Jessica: Newlyweds served as [Read More…]
G-Eazy’s Arcane Ability to Get More Attractive Women to Write Songs About Him
In terms of what women have available to them with regard to “straight” “men,” it can perhaps be no grand surprise that, muse-wise, what inspires [Read More…]
Britney Spears’ “Alien” Speaks to the Outsider In Us All
Britney Jean, the forgettable 2013 album that might have stayed buried were it not for “Work Bitch” and “Perfume” is arguably one of Britney Spears’ [Read More…]
A Retrospective Defense of Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” Video Post-“Thank U, Next”
It’s true, undercover sologamist anthem “Thank U, Next” had already been conceptually set up by Ariana Grande as an homage to films of the past [Read More…]
Unlike O.J., Miley Cyrus Becomes National Hero During High-Speed Police Chase in Dolly Partonesque “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart”
Miley Cyrus has never been any stranger to controversy in her post-Hannah Montana jailbreak, evoking media furor at every turn with pole dancing at the [Read More…]
80s Cock Rock Combined With A Seeming Explanation of Why Grimes ‘Hearts’ Elon Comes Across on “We Appreciate Power”
Though the premise behind Grimes’ first official single, “We Appreciate Power,” from her much dangled upcoming album is intended to be told from the perspective [Read More…]
That Wouldn’t Impress Yolandi Visser Much: Dounia and Kehlani’s “Rich Girl Mood”
There is no girl who is never not in a “rich girl mood.” That being said, entitlement is a helluva drug, and maybe even more [Read More…]
Reggae-Infused, Clean Bandit’s “Playboy Style” Featuring Charli XCX and Bhad Bhabie Would Make Alright, Still-Era Lily Allen Proud
It’s not always advisable for anyone with a blanco skin tone to attempt to dabble in reggae (Sublime and 311 come to mind). And yet, [Read More…]
